Search results for "List of U.S. states by population" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence ... One of the founders of Rhode Island was Roger Williams. In 1636, Williams ...30 KB (4,360 words) - 20:52, 16 April 2023
- The State of Maine is a state in the northernmost portion of the New ... The original inhabitants of the territory that is now Maine were Algonquian ...36 KB (5,276 words) - 05:31, 5 November 2022
- Montevideo is the largest city, capital, and chief port of Uruguay ... Montevideo is the commercial, political, and intellectual center of ...15 KB (2,073 words) - 13:12, 10 March 2023
- The State of Georgia is a state in the United States and was one of ... Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi River by land ...33 KB (4,647 words) - 15:40, 29 November 2022
- California is a state on the West Coast of the United States, along ... changed California, sparking a large influx of people and a sustained economic ...42 KB (5,921 words) - 18:24, 25 November 2023
- Mississippi is a state located in the Deep South of the United States ... in the nation, based largely on the value of slaves, who were counted as ...35 KB (5,105 words) - 11:10, 10 March 2023
- Guam (Chamorro: Guåhån), officially the U.S. Territory of Guam, ... is 1,500 miles (2414 km) southeast of Tokyo and 6,000 miles (9656 ...22 KB (3,229 words) - 03:09, 26 February 2023
- , located at the confluence point of the White Nile and the Blue ... and Islamic religious influence, the city of Khartoum was not founded until ...22 KB (3,228 words) - 22:57, 3 March 2023
- Minneapolis is the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It ... creeks, and waterfalls, many connected by parkways in the Chain of Lakes ...39 KB (5,459 words) - 11:07, 10 March 2023
- Boston is one of the oldest cities in the United States. It is the ... eighteenth century Boston was the location of several major events surrounding ...40 KB (5,847 words) - 19:50, 20 November 2023
- Kinshasa (Léopoldville until 1966), the capital and largest city ... A colony of Belgium, the country received its independence in 1960 ...28 KB (3,888 words) - 23:14, 3 March 2023
- The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central ... The gorge is the greatest concentration of arches east of the Rocky Mountains ...39 KB (5,531 words) - 22:12, 3 March 2023
- brilliant chief, warrior, orator, and leader of the Shawnee Nation, who advocated ... Tecumseh's warnings about the erosion of traditional tribal values ...19 KB (2,963 words) - 04:39, 27 February 2023
- The San Juan Archipelago is a group of islands in the Pacific Northwest ... The islands were named by the Spanish Francisco Eliza who explored ...22 KB (3,191 words) - 03:09, 23 December 2022
- country that occupies the eastern two-thirds of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola ... the Dominican Republic has a long history of violence and tyranny, including; ...37 KB (5,424 words) - 09:27, 15 January 2023
- African-Americans, or Black Americans, are citizens of the United ... lived as slaves, mostly in Southern United States, and another 500,000 lived ...38 KB (5,325 words) - 06:03, 16 June 2023
- Connecticut is one of the Unites States. It is located in the New ... early colonial times. Its Fundamental Orders of 1639 are considered to be the ...36 KB (5,082 words) - 18:54, 14 January 2023
- The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States ... possibly for San Marino's Statutes of 1600, whose status as a true ...45 KB (6,615 words) - 11:55, 3 May 2023
- Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States of America ... The centers of all three branches of the U.S. federal government are ...39 KB (5,697 words) - 23:11, 3 May 2023
- Ontario is a province located in the east-central part of Canada, ... The capital of Ontario is Toronto, the largest city in Canada. Ottawa ...35 KB (5,025 words) - 00:41, 18 November 2022
- Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United ... Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory ...48 KB (6,885 words) - 22:59, 3 May 2023
- Prize-winning Polish born American writer of both short stories and novels ... in Leoncin, a small village inhabited mainly by Jews near Warsaw in Poland ...18 KB (2,895 words) - 18:52, 7 March 2024
- from St. Louis County in the United States state of Missouri. It is ... French explorers arrived in 1673 and found a major center of the Mississippian ...33 KB (4,943 words) - 18:26, 26 February 2024
- Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States ... The valley of the Willamette River in western Oregon is the most densely ...35 KB (5,141 words) - 10:41, 11 March 2023
- marshland located in the southern portion of the U.S. State of Florida. ... and West Indian manatee. Over 1,000 species of plants live here, many endemic ...26 KB (3,981 words) - 23:51, 24 March 2024
- The Republic of Mozambique, or Mozambique, is a country in southeastern ... Mozambique is still recovering from the destruction wrought by nearly ...25 KB (3,580 words) - 01:47, 11 March 2023
- Atlanta is the capital and the largest city in the U.S. state of Georgia ... Atlanta has in recent years undergone a transition from a city of ...39 KB (5,622 words) - 06:05, 21 August 2023
- and seventh (1872–1876) president of Liberia after helping lead ... Roberts pushed for European and United States recognition and met with ...15 KB (2,161 words) - 07:38, 27 February 2023
- Tennessee is a state located in the Southern United States. In 1796 ... The State joined the Confederate States of America during the American ...47 KB (6,620 words) - 03:00, 19 April 2023
- Ohio is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. Part of ... Prior to 1984, the United States Census Bureau considered Ohio part ...38 KB (5,430 words) - 22:43, 12 February 2022
- Kobe(Kōbe-shi) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture and a prominent ... It was one of the first cities to open for trade with the Western ...32 KB (4,446 words) - 03:58, 4 March 2023
- Big Sur is a 100-mile stretch of ruggedly beautiful seacoast along ... Big Sur's boundaries are loosely defined; many definitions of ...23 KB (3,598 words) - 03:49, 1 October 2023
- The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis (also known as the Federation ... (Saint James). However, misinterpretations of maps by subsequent Spanish ...25 KB (3,664 words) - 00:45, 23 December 2022
- U.S. National Park located in the western states of Wyoming, Montana, and ... volcanic eruption spewed an immense volume of ash that covered all of what ...33 KB (5,106 words) - 09:57, 23 May 2023
- Bass fishing is one of the most popular recreational types of fishing ... a popular game sport in the Eastern regions of the United States. Although ...31 KB (4,895 words) - 18:03, 11 February 2023
- The Japanese city of Hiroshima|広島市|Hiroshima-shi is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the ...32 KB (4,471 words) - 21:47, 30 January 2024
- range") is a major mountain range of the western United States. ... 5,300 square miles (13,700 km²) of protected wilderness areas ...23 KB (3,404 words) - 20:09, 21 April 2023
- , officially titled "The Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro ... Numerous unethical actions -- including lack of informed consent, ...41 KB (6,364 words) - 00:19, 27 December 2021
- is an island nation in the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, an island ... Similar to other Caribbean islands, it has a history of being ravaged ...18 KB (2,550 words) - 00:56, 23 December 2022
- A poll tax, or head tax, is a tax of a uniform, fixed amount per ... There are several famous cases of poll taxes in history, notably a ...22 KB (3,597 words) - 08:38, 24 November 2022
- New York City, officially named the City of New York, is the most ... The city is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment ...37 KB (5,511 words) - 19:31, 14 November 2022
- in Shannon County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 328 in ... Wounded Knee Creek rises in the southeastern corner of the Pine Ridge ...36 KB (5,349 words) - 14:00, 20 May 2023
- , earlier known as Saloth Sar, was leader of the Communist movement known ... 1970s, Pol Pot became the prime minister of "Democratic Kampuchea ...22 KB (3,417 words) - 08:30, 24 November 2022
- city, major port, and leading commercial center of Cuba. Spanish port for the New World. An influx of African slaves came while Cuba ...29 KB (4,178 words) - 15:02, 25 January 2023
- The United States Electoral College is a term used to describe the 538 ... votes for President and Vice President of the United States. The Constitution ...55 KB (8,357 words) - 11:55, 3 May 2023
- Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States ... demographic, economic, and political makeup of the nation, with a mixture ...37 KB (5,435 words) - 11:13, 10 March 2023
- the name ethnic Koreans in the Post-Soviet states use to refer to themselves ... A separate ethnic Korean community lives on the island of Sakhalin ...27 KB (3,743 words) - 04:36, 4 March 2023
- as they cross national boundaries, usually by the government of the importing ... protect domestic industries and as a source of revenue. Methods for accomplishing ...32 KB (5,003 words) - 04:32, 27 February 2023
- American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. Marshall ... ideas took many years to come to any sort of fruition, his tenure as the ...24 KB (3,985 words) - 17:24, 18 April 2023
- Los Angeles is the largest city in the state of California and the ... Latino and Asian populations in the United States. The citizens of Los Angeles ...40 KB (5,759 words) - 07:54, 9 March 2023
